A teenager who kicked off at staff in supported accommodation in Yeovil and Street , making threats, assaulting one and setting off the fire alarm causing the building to be evacuated, has appeared in court.

Connor Chapman became angry towards a staff member at Pathways in Yeovil, barged his way into the office and threw a key, which bounced off a table hitting his head, before kicking a hole in a desk.

When he moved to the YMCA in Street, he became angry when he was refused his allowance and became verbally abusive to staff, made threats and set off the fire alarm.

When he appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil, they were told that the defendant had had a difficult upbringing and had been diagnosed with a mental health condition.

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Chapman, 18, of East Reach, Taunton , pleaded guilty to assaulting Kieron Rolls by beating him at Yeovil on May 2 and damaging a desk belonging to Pathways Housing.

He also admitted using towards another threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, with intent to cause those persons to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against them, at Street on May 22.

A further allegation of being in breach of a conditional discharge imposed for a previous offence of battery as also admitted.

At a previous court hearing, prosecutor Christine Hart said that Mr Rolls was a support worker at Pathways Housing in Yeovil, and on May 2 he was in the front office at 1.30pm when Chapman came to the door and said he was not going to pay his rent.

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He tried to do some printing but became angry when the printer didn’t work, and then asked Mr Rolls if he could ring his care worker, which he did.

"Afterwards he asked if he could ring his mum but was told no, so he called the complainant a fat w***er and a f***ing prick, and slammed his hands down on the desk causing damage to a buzzer," she said.

"He also barged his way into the office and the complainant asked him to calm down, but he kicked the panelling in the front of the desk making a hole.

"He then picked up a key from the desk and threw it towards Mr Rolls, making contact with his head, so the police were called and found Chapman outside the building."